Browsing English Honours Capstone Papers by Title
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Holding Out for a Tragic Hero
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The Human Condition: A Synthesis of Spirituality and Sensuality
(2023-02-28)This is a Capstone Paper for the Dalhousie Department of English. It studies the work of James Broughton in contrast to Cartesian dualism. After establishing how Broughton's poetry characterizes the human condition as a ... -
The Impossible Urban Pastoral: Howl’s Development of Ecological Consciousness
(Dalhousie Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, 2018-01-25)Central to the idea of ecological consciousness is the assertion that individual wellness relies on the state of one’s environment, and that the proper functioning of a society as a whole is dependent upon the wellness of ... -
Intergenerational Trauma and Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments
(Dalhousie University, 2023-02-28) -
Isolation and Interconnectedness in Walt Whitman's New York
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“Monstrous Maladies”: Oppression, Transgression, and Degeneration in The Picture of Dorian Gray and “The Yellow Wallpaper”
(2017-02-21)Payne used historical and scientific context to explore the tragic realities behind the beauty of The Picture of Dorian Gray and "The Yellow Wallpaper." Payne firmly situates both works in the context of Victorian ideas ... -
"Nothing Sacred, Nothing Gained: Deprogramming and Community in Kurt Vonnegut’s Breakfast of Champions"
(2017)This article analyzes the combination of narrative techniques that make up Breakfast of Champions' unique style and substance. Taking its cue from the novel's prologue, the article examines Vonnegut's use of defamiliarized ...